Office of the Historian

File No. 841.857/366

The Consul at Cork (Frost) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]
Cork (Queenstown), February 26, 1917.
[Received 1.10 p.m.]

Cunarder Laconia torpedoed, sunk 10.50, 25th, 150 miles west Fastnet. Details not yet known. Two hundred and seventy-eight survivors will land here to-day, time uncertain. It is known that there are some missing and one dead. Will cable details at earliest moment.

Frost